Journal
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 50, Issue 12, Pages 2944-2955Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.07.010
Keywords
Genetic algorithms; Supply chains; Bioenergy; Sustainable energy; Decision Support Systems
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Ministry of Environment, Japan
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In this paper, we propose an optimization model and solution approach for designing and evaluating integrated system of bioenergy production supply chains, SC, at the local level. Designing SC that simultaneously utilize a set of bio-resources together is a complicated task, considered here. The complication arises from the different nature and sources of bio-resources used in bioenergy production i.e., wet, dry or agriculture. industrial etc. Moreover, the different concerns that decision makers should take into account, to overcome the tradeoff anxieties of the socialists and investors, i.e.. social. environmental and economical factors, was considered through the options of multi-criteria optimization. A first part of this research was introduced in earlier research work explaining the general Bioenergy Decision System gBEDS [Ayoub N, Martins R. Wang K, Seki H, Naka Y. Two levels decision system for efficient planning and implementation of bioenergy production. Energy Convers Manage 2007;48:709-23]. In this paper, brief introduction and emphasize on gBEDS are given; the optimization model is presented and followed by a case study on designing a supply chain of nine bio-resources at lida city in the middle part of Japan. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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